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monoecious
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monoecious /mo·noe·cious/ (mo-ne´shus) having reproductive organs typical of both sexes in a single individual.
mo·noe·cious or mo·ne·cious (m-nshs)
adj.
1. Having unisexual reproductive organs or flowers, with the organs or flowers of both sexes carried on a single plant, as in corn.
2. Hermaphroditic.
monoecious [mon-e´shus]
having reproductive organs typical of both sexes in a single individual.
monoecious
having reproductive organs typical of both sexes in a single individual.
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Genus Floral sex/Breeding system References Tillandsia Hermaphrodite/ Xenogamy, Gilmartin & Brown, Cleistogamy 1985; Gardner, 1986 Hechtia, Dyckia, Unisexual, bisexual/ Benzing, 2000; Cottendorfia, Polygamomonoecy, monoecy, Lenz, 1995; Lindmania xenogamy Ramirez et al.
Reproductive biology of six species of Tillandsia L. (Bromeliaceae) ... by Ramirez, Ivon M.; Gonzalez, Jose U.; Chi, Francisco; Carnevali, German; May, Filogonio / Journal of the Bromeliad Society
trelawniensis, and it is known that monoecy occurs in Bernardia but not in Lasiocroton (Radcliffe-Smith, 2001; Webster, 1994).
Lasiocroton trelawniensis (Euphorbiaceae), a critically endangered ... by Jestrow, Brett; Proctor, George; Francisco-Ortega, Javier / The Botanical Review
There are about twice as many monoecious (9%) and dioecious (9%) species in the Juan Fernandez Archipelago as there are in angiosperms as a whole (5% and 4% for monoecy and dioecy, respectively; Richards, 1997).
A survey of floral traits, breeding systems, floral visitors, and ... by Bernardello, Gabriel; Anderson, Gregory J.; Stuessy, Tod F.; Crawford, Daniel J. / The Botanical Review
 
 
 
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